Thank Goodness. Its "all being done properly."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/arts/television/tv-series-is-criticized-in-handling-of-deceased.html?ref=television
Carl Steen
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From: Branstner, Mark C <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 1:23 pm
Subject: Re: National Geographic show
Tim's initiative seems a reasonable one ... No matter how they parse the
distinctions between their non-profit and for-profit entities, the
National Geographic Society is not the institution that it once was, and
it needs to be publicly sanctioned by the professional communities that
formerly supported them.
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Illinois State Archaeological Survey
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On 3/28/14 11:36 AM, "Susan Walter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I wonder, how many of us still subscribe to National Geographic?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Timothy Scarlett" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:44 AM
>Subject: Re: National Geographic show
>
>
>I now have very serious concerns about the relationship between National
>Geographic and archaeological professionals.
>
>Nat Geo, despite the well-reasoned concerns voiced by every single
>professional organization in this field, continues to move toward
>programming that glorifies the commodification of artifacts. This is a
>very
>clear and unambiguous violation of professional codes of conduct.
>
>While National Geographic is a major corporate brand with separate
>divisions
>and/or a not-for-profit wing, creating a legal distinction between its
>for-profit activities vs. research activities, at this point there
>remains
>no significant distinction between National Geographic as a corporate
>organization and any other treasure hunting or organization.
>
>All professional archaeological organizations must move quickly to
>consider
>this issue and consider blocking all research or sponsored by National
>Geographic from presentations at the annual meetings and publication in
>their journals, book series, and/or web-based venues.
>
>Doing anything less at this point creates liability in the differential
>treatment of "edu-tainment" and other not-for-profit salvage companies.
>In
>addition, we risk diluting our "brand" in the public perception of
>professional archaeological research and management and these popular
>dig-for-money-and-glory operations.
>
>We either hold this ethical value in professional practice, or we do not.
>Nat Geo is moving past the gray area and there must be consequences.
>
>Cheers,
>Tim
>
>
>On Mar 28, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Kris Oswald wrote:
>
>> Trying to compete with shows like Diggers and every other worthless
>> Reality show now on the market
>> Go to eBay and search out for WW2 German, you will find pages of dug
>> relics coming from overseas , Latvia and Poland
>> To name a few along with total fakes reproduced and sold as original
>> items. They are flooding and feeding the internet market
>> As we speak .. Antique dealers that sell Cemetery military metal
>> service markers as well are in the same league ..Grave robbers!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Davis, Daniel (KYTC)
>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:27 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: National Geographic show
>>
>> What's happened to the folks at NatGeo? Has some kind of reality-TV
>> brain-eating virus infected their staff?
>>
>> Daniel B. Davis
>> Archaeologist Coordinator
>> Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
>> Division of Environmental Analysis
>> 200 Mero Street
>> Frankfort, KY 40622
>> (502) 564-7250 or (502) 782-5013
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> geoff carver
>> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:21 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: FW: National Geographic show
>>
>> OK: someone started a petition:
>> https://www.change.org/petitions/the-national-geographic-channel-the-tra
>> vel-
>> channel-spike-tv-stop-airing-their-digger-programs-3
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>> Ouch. Does anyone else think these two statements are compatible...?
>>
>> " Untold numbers of soldiers and their weapons remain buried across the
>> vast landscape of World War Two's Eastern Front. Three war diggers are
>> racing against time to save this history from being looted or lost."
>>
>> "No period of history is left untouched. Kris has dug up Iron Age
>> relics, Roman coins and lots of WW2 / Battle of Britain artifacts,
>> including regimental badges. It was only through metal detecting that
>> Kris became obsessed about the history that surrounds all of us."
>>
>>
>> They do provide a page on their site about "Responsible Metal
>> Detecting"...
>> http://natgeotv.com/za/nazi-war-diggers/responsible-metal-detecting
>> but I don't see anything about professional archaeological methods, or
>> where these finds will end up.
>>
>> Does Latvia have unusually lax heritage protection laws...?
>> WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL THE POWER OF
>> VISION
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